The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

The Collect

O God, who
declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and
pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that
we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious
promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle

1 Corinthians 15.1-11

Brethren, I
declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also
ye have received, and wherein ye stand: by which also ye are saved,
if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have
believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which
I also received, how that Christ died for our sins, according to
the Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day, according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of
Cephas; then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five
hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this
present, but some are fallen asleep: after that, he was seen of
James; then of all the Apostles: and last of all, he was seen of me
also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the
Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle, because I
persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I
am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I
laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of
God which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we
preach, and so ye believed.

The Gospel

St. Luke 18.9-14

Jesus spake this
parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were
righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to
pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican. The Pharisee
stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not
as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this
Publican: I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I
possess. And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so
much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying,
God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to
his house justified rather than the other: for every one that
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.

Text from The Book of Common Prayer, the
rights in which are vested in the Crown,
is reproduced by permission of the Crown's Patentee, Cambridge
University Press.

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